A Disability Empowerment Agency
We help disability organizations plan, build, and grow. We also built the Disability Atlas, so every family can find help in every state.
What we've done (2024-2026)
Planned growth and guided several organizations through buying the property that is now their home.
Built the case for support, gift plan, and donor strategy for a campaign to fund a new building.
Day, vocational, and social enterprise programs, from staffing ratios to the daily schedule.
Governance training for boards, and person-centered practice and retention training for staff.
Multi-year models and break-even plans for new programs, sites, and a greenhouse enterprise.
Plans built with staff, boards, and families, then carried into the work week to week.
Planning for organizations exploring a merger, shared services, or a joint venture.
Regional maps of who is served, where the gaps are, and how the money flows, for foundations.
What we've built
One national data set, free to use, with a site built for each community it serves.
Counts as of November 2026. A listing can appear in more than one front door. Counts measure who is listed, not quality.
Six ways to work together
A senior strategist at your leadership table, without a full-time hire.
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Plans your team will use and boards that lead.
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Quality programs and teams that stay.
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Tools, training, and coaching on raising money for your next project.
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See who is served, where the gaps are, and how the money flows.
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Custom tools that cut software costs and free up money for mission.
Learn moreClient testimonials
Leaders we work with, on what changed. Select a testimonial to read it in full.
“We've gone from stretched thin to thriving, doubling both our enrollment and our revenue.”
Angela Stephens
Executive Director, It's a Sensory World!
itsasensoryworld.org (opens in a new tab)“ConnectIDD helped us think strategically about expansion, sustainability, operations, and ultimately the purchase of the property that is now our new home.”
Taylor Gardener
Executive Director, The Garden Foundation
thegardenfoundationlv.org (opens in a new tab)Tell us what you're working on, and we'll take it from there.
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The Atlas Network
We built the Disability Atlas so people with disabilities, veterans, and families can find services, apply for support, and compare states. Free, with no account needed.
About 1 million services and supports and 1.2 million clinicians, for every disability, for veterans, and for caregivers, in all 50 states and DC.
Front doors
Each site is built for the people it serves, with the same trusted data underneath. Counts as of November 2026; a listing can appear in more than one door.
257,933 listings
Autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and more, plus State of Support and The Family Journey.
iddatlas.org487,306 listings
Therapists, counselors, support groups, crisis help, and plain answers about cost.
mentalhealthatlas.org345,619 listings
Rehab, wheelchairs and equipment, home access, rides, and adaptive sports.
mobilityatlas.org164,881 listings
Vision rehab, hearing care, interpreters, braille, guide dogs, and assistive technology.
sensoryatlas.org177,857 listings
Complex care clinics, 1,567 children's hospitals, home nursing, and equipment.
complexcareatlas.org192,519 listings
Straight answers about VA health care and benefits, and 5,667 free places to get claim help.
servedandsupported.org15,527 places that help with work
Job coaches, 2,117 American Job Centers, 549 Project SEARCH sites, and benefits counseling.
employmentatlas.org99,435 public schools in 19,274 districts
Your district's special education office, 5,401 specialized schools, advocates, and your rights.
spedatlas.org368,534 listings
Brain injury, epilepsy, MS, ALS, Parkinson's, and chronic illness.
Site coming soonInside the Atlas
State of Support, The Family Journey, and Shop Inclusive now live inside the Disability Atlas.
Every state graded A+ to F, with its funding rank, side by side.
What to do at every stage, from diagnosis to planning for the future, in your state.
Disability-owned and veteran-owned businesses, social enterprises, and inclusive employers.
Confirm your organization's details, or sponsor the Atlas in your state.
How listings work
Every listing shows how it was checked. Listing counts measure who is listed, not quality.
The organization confirmed its own listing in the last 12 months.
ConnectIDD checked the listing against public sources.
A licensed provider from a public registry. Call first to confirm.
For leaders and funders
ConnectIDD uses the same data to build landscape analyses, service gap maps, and state funding scans for organizations and funders.
Services
Built for how disability organizations actually run.
A senior strategist in the room for the long haul. We take on only a few partners each year.
Clear projects for organizations at a turning point.
Programs that meet people where they are, and teams ready to deliver them.
Tools, training, and coaching on raising money for your next project. Michael has raised more than $50 million for disability organizations, and we bring that playbook to your team.
We map who is served, where the gaps are, and how the money flows. Built on the Disability Atlas and public funding data, so your plan rests on evidence.
Internal communications, a website, an intranet, client tracking, donor management, and more. We build custom AI tools that cut long-term software spending and free up money for your mission.
We respond to RFPs for program design, research, training, and people strategy.
Send a solicitationKeynotes, board retreats, and staff workshops on leadership, inclusion, and growth.
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Tell us what you're working on, and we'll take it from there.
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The Trellis Method · 2027 ConnectIDD Partnership
A year-long partnership for ten disability organizations ready for their next chapter. Six months to build the plan. Six months to put it to work.
Why a trellis
The eleven domains are the structure. Each organization grows its own way on it. Your board sets the first supports, then your staff, families, the people you serve, and your partners shape where it grows next.
Who it's for: not organizations that need fixing, but strong organizations ready for their next chapter. We look for:
The year
One cohort, one calendar, January through December 2027.
The Trellis Method, with individualized support for your team.
Trellis application and growth, side by side with your team.
Gold marks capstone week in Asheville.
Two tracks, all year
The framework
Taught in order, one at a time. Each domain comes with working tools, and each becomes a chapter of your Trellis book.
How it works
One domain at a time, on Tuesdays, with leaders from nine other organizations.
Your team and your mentor apply the domain to your organization, and the chapter gets written.
For up to four of your leaders, from January through December.
Listening built in
Your plan reflects what your staff, board, families, and the people you serve tell you, not just what leadership assumes.
Your guides
We have built programs, led staff, served families, and made the hard calls. We consult from experience.
The capstone
July 13 to 15, 2027. Three days in person with your cohort to share your plan, celebrate the work, and launch Phase 2.
Good to knowTravel, lodging, and capstone event costs are not included in the partnership. We share recommended accessible hotels when you join.
Proof and outcomes
Leaders we work with, on what changed.
“We’ve gone from stretched thin to thriving, doubling both our enrollment and our revenue. What sets ConnectIDD apart is that they don’t hand you a plan and walk away. They become part of how your organization works.”
“ConnectIDD helped us plan for growth with clear eyes and then walked with us through the purchase of the property that is now our new home. We now have the space to serve more people in Las Vegas than ever before.”
What you take home
Pricing is set by your organization's annual revenue, based on your most recent 990. Pay annually, quarterly, or monthly.
Join the 2027 cohort
The 2027 partnership is open to ten organizations nationwide. Claim your place by November 30, 2026.
Speaking
Keynotes, conference sessions, and board retreats with two-time TEDx speaker Michael Thomas.
Popular topics
About
Built programs, led teams, served families, and made the hard calls.
Our story
Michael Thomas has spent 20 years in the disability field, 14 of them as CEO building My Possibilities into one of the leading disability organizations in the country.
ConnectIDD puts that experience to work for organizations across the country. We help leaders sharpen their strategy, build capacity, and grow, so more people with disabilities get the support they deserve.
We also build free public tools. The Atlas Network helps people find services in every state, and the same data powers our strategy work.
Where we work
Bigger dots mean more partners in that area. Select a place to see who we have worked with.
Our team
Founder and CEO
Sector strategist and two-time TEDx speaker. Leads Chief Strategy Partner work.
Director of Programs
Fifteen years in education, vocational rehab, and day programs.
Director of Operations
Certified PMP and Salesforce Administrator focused on systems and operations.
How we work
The same four promises, on every project, for every client.
People with disabilities at the center.
Every client gets full rigor, whatever its size.
Work your board and families can read.
Measured by what changes, not page count.
